All articles by Graham Dunn – Page 79
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Airline BusinessChallenges check airline capacity growth
After several years of above-average growth rates, airlines have tempered their expansion this summer. While that is evident across the industry as a whole, there are several notable hot-spots where players have reined in their activity
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AnalysisAirline start-ups outweigh failures over summer months
After a challenging first few months of the year in which a number of high-profile carriers were forced to suspend operations amid mounting financial problems, the summer months have largely proved a stable period in which more attention has focused on start-up projects.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Leading carriers' profits crimped in 2018
Leading airline groups largely retained healthy profit levels across 2018, but creeping costs and rising competition in some key markets took the edge off recent profit highs, the latest annual Airline Business World Airline Rankings show.
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Etihad conditions prompted SBI to start Jet insolvency process
State Bank of India (SBI) cites conditions sought by Etihad Airways in relation to its potential investment in grounded carrier Jet Airways as requiring it to move the process into insolvency proceedings.
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AnalysisAirbus wins order race – but Boeing steals the show
Boeing won a key battle, if not the war, at this year’s Paris air show. Airbus marked its 50th anniversary by disclosing more business than its Seattle rival, but the event will ultimately be remembered for a show-stopping order from IAG that is set to revive the grounded 737 Max programme.
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PARIS: ATR secures 23 more aircraft commitments
ATR chief executive Stefano Bortoli has disclosed deals covering 23 more aircraft to take the turboprop manufacturer's order commitment tally at the Paris air show to 75.
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PARIS: ATR hopeful of STOL formal launch before year-end
ATR chief executive Stefano Bortoli is confident the manufacturer can officially launch the new short take-off and landing version of its ATR 42-600 after securing 17 commitments already.
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NewsIATA downgrades 2019 profits outlook by a fifth
IATA has downgraded its industry net profits outlook for 2019 by around a fifth to $28 billion, amid rising costs and slowing demand in part from weaker trade.
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IATA resolution aims to reaffirm climate commitments
This year's IATA AGM, which is set to adopt a fresh resolution reinforcing airline commitments to tackle aviation emissions, comes at a particularly notable time.
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Airline BusinessIATA chief Alexandre de Juniac flags pressing issues
IATA chief executive and director general Alexandre de Juniac believes airlines meet for this year’s AGM in Seoul against a backdrop of pressing challenges, including the consequences protectionist policies and trade wars pursued by some governments over the past 18 months.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Low-cost model suffers long-haul growing pains
Few sectors have generated as many headlines in recent years than the attempts to transfer the low-cost carrier model to long-haul markets.
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India's Jet the latest to hit trouble in tough year for airlines
When, on 17 April, it was forced to temporarily suspend operations, India's Jet Airways became the biggest carrier to pull the plug on flights this year.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Ranking the world's airports by traffic growth in 2018
Preliminary traffic figures collated by Cirium for the 100 biggest airports in the world show passenger traffic increased by 5.3% during 2018.
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Swiss to debut premium economy on 777s in 2021
Lufthansa Group carrier Swiss is to add premium economy to its long-haul fleet from spring 2021, initially on its Boeing 777-300ERs.
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Airline BusinessAlex Cruz, chief executive, British Airways
For British Airways chief executive Alex Cruz, the year ahead marks an opportunity for the airline to get itself firmly on the front foot.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Alliances enter third decade eyeing seamless transition
China Southern Airlines' departure from SkyTeam and Qatar Airways' venting of its frustrations with Oneworld illustrate that global alliance membership is likely to remain fluid, but the groupings themselves are looking at facilitating seamless connectivity to underline their relevance in their third decade of operations.
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ANALYSIS: What lies in store for airline sector in 2019?
Until the last few weeks of 2018 it appeared that rising fuel costs would give many airlines the stiffest test yet of the robustness of their newfound profitability in the year to come. Even as airlines have shifted to more efficient models amid fleet renewal efforts over recent years, fuel ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How airline stories developed in 2018
While wider political tensions dominated much of the agenda and continue to cause potential headaches for airlines, it was the return of a familiar problem in the shape of rising fuel prices that did the most to knock airlines from their high-profit altitude during 2018.
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IATA hopeful of minimal disruption from Brexit cutover
Airline body IATA is optimistic that the relevant governments will take the necessary steps to ensure continuity of air services after the UK's scheduled departure from the European Union on 29 March 2019.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Oil and competition keep pressure on Indian carriers
The challenges facing Jet Airways and its attempts to raise fresh capital continue to dominate the headlines, but all Indian carriers are having a tough time amid cost pressures and intense competition.